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Directory Of Governments In Metropolitan Toronto 1970-71

Year: 1971

Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto, suburban representatives, and children's aid. Note that metro assessment department moved under provincial administration. Now includes staff listings for the Ontario Municipal Board.

The Personnel Of Our Civic Government 1924

Year: 1924

Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information

The Personnel Of Our Civic Government 1920

Year: 1920

Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information

Directory Of Governments In Metropolitan Toronto 1979-80

Year: 1980

Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto, suburban representatives, children's aid, and relevant provincial organizations

The Personnel Of Our Civic Government In 1943

Year: 1943

Summary: A list of Toronto City officials and personnel and contact information

Business Is Business

Year: 1929

Summary: Municipal corporations must run more efficiently, more like businesses and with a central organization.

The Personnel Of Our Civic Government 1944

Year: 1944

Summary: A listing of Toronto City officials and personnel, as well as contact information

Will 1921 Be A New Year In Civic Administration

Year: 1921

Summary: Suggests potential "New Year's Resolutions" for members of council or board of education, and citizens.

Directory Of Governments In Metropolitan Toronto 1977-78

Year: 1978

Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto, suburban representatives, children's aid, and relevant provincial organizations

What Happens To Our Boys And Girls Is More Important Than Our Dollars

Year: 1917

Summary: This publication provides a "measure of school efficiency" for parents and taxpayers, based on recent reports by the Toronto Board of Education inspectors. It charts student progress through grades and warns against the costs associated with students being held back a grade.

The Personnel Of Our Civic Government 1922

Year: 1922

Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information

The Personnel Of Our Civic Government 1948

Year: 1948

Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information

Open Letter: Budget Background

Year: 1949

Summary: Better accountability in budget making requires more transparency in information and more clarity regarding tax assessments.

Government And Business

Year: 1950

Summary: A public address by Dr. W. A. Mackintosh about what the government should and shouldn't be doing in terms of responsibilities for services and infringement on the personal and economic freedoms of the residents.

Restraint Without Hardship: How Do We Know?

Year: 1976

Summary: Analysis of how provincial budget cuts affected social services in Ontario municipalities and the lack of sufficient information to account for spending on these issues.

1943 City Budget Story No.3

Year: 1943

Summary: Analyzes main objects of expenditure such as salaries, wages, and other expenses for the 1943 civic budget. Notes that despite decrease in general expenditure, the salaries and wages bill of the civic service as increased. Recommends the amalgamation of certain city departments in order to increase efficiency.

Toronto's Civic Budget For 1922 Story No.3

Year: 1922

Summary: Outlines per capita debt burden especially with regards to education, and warns that increasing public debt without population growth can curtail Toronto's borrowing power.

Civic Departmentalization Story No.2

Year: 1940

Summary: Suggests that city service departments should be coordinated under one commissioner, responsible to council. Recommends that civic departments be reduced from 16 to 9, and that in doing so, personnel and material would be used more efficiently, and that it would reduce the need for operating space.

The Role Of The Municipal Auditor In Ontario

Year: 1976

Summary: The roles, authority and limitations on municipal auditors in Ontario, including jurisdictional scan and political challenges.

Directory Of The Metropolitan And City Government 1957

Year: 1957

Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto representatives.

The Personnel Of Our Civic Government 1923

Year: 1923

Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information

There Are Two Strong Movements In The Field Of Local Government

Year: 1944

Summary: Outlines two trends in local government structure: (1) The movement toward centralised supervision or control (2) The movement toward Municipal Home Rule. Argues that a balance needs to be struck between nourishing democracy and maintaining strong and vital local institutions. Questions whether or not municipal institutions should be transfered under the control of representatives removed from popular scrutiny.

Dollar Income And Real Income Are Not The Same Thing

Year: 1934

Summary: Argues that city workers' salaries can be reduced in light of the increase on purchasing power with the Great Depression

The Personnel Of Our Civic Government 1942

Year: 1942

Summary: A list of Toronto City officials and personnel and contact information

Budgeting--Not A Metro Forte

Year: 1974

Summary: Discusses challenges of Metro budgeting and recommendations for change.

BMR In Review

Year: 1981

Summary: A review of current Bureau of Municipal Research studies, and details on new BMR council members. Study and research topics include employer-subsidized daycare, and an examination of the fragmentation of municipal, regional and provincial governments. A need for more consolidation, efficiency and accountability is stressed.

Monthly Letter To Men And Women

Year: 1946

Summary: Argues that coordination is needed between the different councils, either by amalgamation or by creating a County Council.

Civic Reporting

Year: 1934

Summary: Need for accountability and more transparency in reporting on deficits.

Toronto's Civic Budget For 1922 Story No. 2

Year: 1922

Summary: Warns that public debt will increase unless some public works projects are delayed. Highlghts per capita debt burden especially with regards to education.

Impact Of The Retail Sales Tax On Ontario's School Boards

Year: 1961

Summary: A report proposing that municipal school boards be exempt from the new provincial sales tax when purchasing school supplies. The report also considers the added complication that provincial revenues make up a large part of school funding.

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